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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 460, NWS Little Rock, AR

August 23, 2003Jackson County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2003, 12:22 AM CDT for Jackson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2003, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2003, 1:05 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, AR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 10:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 10:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
1005 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI INTO EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AT 0300Z. QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE SMALL POPS
FOR OVERNIGHT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN PARTS OF CWA.

.LZK...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 6:05 PM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before

ARZ003>007-012>016-021>025-030>034-037>047-052>057-062>069-231000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
605 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS
EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF THE STORMS TO BE
STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

A COLD FRONT MAY REACH THE STATE WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT THAT TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Independence	58 min
Aug 23, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Jackson	46 min
Aug 23, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	58 min
Aug 23, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	White	56 min
Aug 23, 2:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Cleburne	30 min
Aug 23, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Perry	47 min
Aug 23, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Garland, Saline	48 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.